What I Learned About SMART Boards- week 4

In class on Tuesday, I continued to learn more about SMART Boards.  I learned how to create more slides similar to a PowerPoint, and how to put a background on the slides.  I learned how to use the tools such as pens, erasers, and highlighters.  Some cool tools that we found as a class were the timers, the timers will definitely be helpful in the classroom because it can be used for timing the students to do work on their own, and they will know the whole time how much time remains for them to work.  Another fun tool was the word chooser, this is great because you can put students names into this and it will randomly select a name.  I also found many pictures that have noises with them.  Along with these tools, I also played with the actual SMART Board and found that the pen delays a little before writing, so it will be something to get used to.  There are so many different tools and settings that I need to figure out the best way to navigate through things to find them.  Also on the SMART Board website, when I search for good lesson plan slides, they tend to come up as games and quizzes, so I would like to know how to find better lessons.